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And we welcome you once again to
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Daniel All Access.
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This is our
chapter-by-chapter study
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through the book of Daniel...
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this wonderful complex
book which has so much to say
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about the past... the
present... and our future
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all housed in this wonderful
prophetic book called Daniel.
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We're happy that you joined us
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and perhaps you
want to take some notes
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or make some special
note of some of the things
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that we're going
to be talking about
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because Daniel has
so much to say to us.
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Daniel and its companion...
the book of Revelation
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ought to be
studied in these last days
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because one... they
give us our bearings...
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they allow us
to see where we are
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as respect to the
close of this earth's history
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and affirm for us
that we are close...
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yea, very, very
close to the second coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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So, we pray that
you've been blessed
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during the previous studies
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and that as we move into this
rather complex book and chapter
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that you will
again be blessed today.
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Would you join me now as we
call upon the Lord in prayer.
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"Father God, we do praise
you and thank you so very much
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for the privilege that is
ours to study the Word of God.
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We thank you for Daniel and for
this wonderful prophetic work
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which gives much evidence
of your leading in the past,
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today and in the future.
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Help us as we study,
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grant us the presence
and power of your Holy Spirit
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so that we may know and do
and be prepared for that day
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when we shall see
Christ face to face...
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we thank you Lord,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Pause.
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The title of our message
is: The Train is on the Track...
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The train is on the track
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and we'll sort of unpack
that in just a little bit.
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Daniel chapter 11 is among
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the longer chapters in
the book of Daniel by far
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it is much more in-depth
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than some of its
fellow chapters in this book.
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It focuses on the
world that existed
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post or after
Medo-Persia and Greece
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and it puts these kingdoms
and the succeeding kingdoms
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under a magnifying glass.
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That's one of the keys
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to understanding
Daniel's admitted complexity.
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Daniel 11 introduces
some new characters...
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it focuses a little tighter
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on some of the old
or existing characters
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and it is my belief that
it does not alter or change
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and this is important...
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it does not alter or
change the scope of our study
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it simply gives us more depth.
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In other words, Daniel takes
a deeper look in chapter 11.
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He takes a deeper look...
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it's not a different
look... same material...
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just a deeper look.
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Daniel chapter 11 is looking
still at the same prophetic
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continuum that we
have looked at previously
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and it's wrestling, I
think, with the same material
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that we have seen in
Daniel chapter 2, chapter 6,
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chapter 7, chapters 8 and
9... there's a pattern there
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that is outlined...
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it continues in that pattern...
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all moving in the
same prophetic direction
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including the explanations
and the interpretations
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by no less than
Gabriel himself and as we said,
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a cameo appearance
by the glorified Lord.
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So, when we look at
Daniel and we see this pattern
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through this book,
this pattern is called...
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you recall...
"Repeat and enlarge"
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the pattern is:
Repeat and Enlarge.
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Daniel goes over
the same material
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and every time he
re-covers that material,
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he enlarges our scope
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but in Daniel
chapter 11 in particular
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he takes a closer
look... a closer examination
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of the same material, so,
he repeats... he enlarges...
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and he digs a little
deeper in Daniel chapter 11...
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so, to understand... we
must, as I said in the title,
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Keep the Train
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on the Track.
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Now, what does that mean?
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The Bible tends not to make
radical changes... radical flips
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or unsubstantiated or
unanticipated course corrections
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when it is walking
you through the narrative.
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So, chapter 11... of
all the chapters in Daniel
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has occasioned the most
rigorous debate and discussion
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partly because it
is so comprehensive
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and it is so exhaustive.
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So, that's why you've got
to keep the train on the track
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if you want to
understand what he is saying
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and not kind of make
sharp move to the left
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or sharp move to the right...
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got to keep the
train on the track
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and that will help
you understand Daniel
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and also the book of Revelation.
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Since this chapter is so
exhaustive and rather long,
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we're not going to take
a verse-by-verse exegesis
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or explanation of the book
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what I want to do
is rather to observe
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the pattern and direction
that we see in Daniel chapter 11
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and this is necessary
because parts of Daniel 11
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are not totally fulfilled
and there may be some surprises
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coming to this old
earth before Jesus comes again
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that are alluded to
in Daniel chapter 11.
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Now, Hearers... I
remind you this...
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the Biblical understanding
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of the beauty and
value of prophecy.
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The Bible says in
John chapter 13 verse 19,
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John 13:19 a wonderful text
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"Now I tell you before it come,
that, when it does come to pass,
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you may believe... "
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the context... Christ is telling
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and preparing to
expose His betrayer
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and Christ is saying, "I
tell you these things before
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so that when they do come,
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you can have faith in
the God who is leading you. "
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Wonderful passage in John 13:19.
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Also, we should
consider Jeremiah 28:9.
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"... when the word of
the prophet comes to pass,
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the prophet will be known as
one whom the Lord has sent. "
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So, the Bible is simply saying,
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"If the Bible predicts
something and it comes to pass,
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then you can have
confidence that that word...
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that prophetic
message is from the Lord. "
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So, we look now for the
patterns in Daniel chapter 11
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for time's sake
we'll try to move through
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in... in... in this material
in rather... rather great...
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great leaps of time.
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There is a pattern and
we're looking at Revelation...
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the seven trumpets... 144,000...
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Revelation chapter 14...
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there are some
other prickly passages
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that need to be examined
in humility and in sincerity.
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Well, there are
parts of Daniel chapter 11
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that fall into
that same category.
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So, in the broadest context
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and since Daniel is a rather...
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can I say, "Nuanced look"
at the world from Daniel's day
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down to our day...
down to the second coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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So, let's look at it
in... in those broad terms.
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Daniel chapter 11 verse 5,
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Daniel 11:1, 3 through 13
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Daniel 11:1 and 2...
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so, let's go back
to Daniel 11:1 and 2...
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Daniel 11:1 and
2 examines Persia.
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Medo-Persia but it really
emphasizes the Persian half
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of that equation.
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 3 through 13
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examines Greece and Alexander
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and to some extent takes
us into the four divisions
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of the Grecian Empire.
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Daniel chapter 11 verse 5 talks
about the King of the South.
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Daniel 11 verse 6 talks
about the King of the North
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and Daniel chapter
11 verses 7 through 14
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examine Syria and Egypt.
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Daniel 11:15
through 22 we look at
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and are... given
to study Pagan...
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that is Imperial Rome
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 23 through 35
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we look at Papal Rome,
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Daniel 11:36 through
39... this is a new insertion...
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a new God, no God, Atheism
and Egypt's Spiritual children.
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or dare I say, step-children...
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but really
Egypt's spiritual children
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and when we get to that,
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we'll sort of walk
you through that also.
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 40 through 45...
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The Reassertion
of Papal Authority
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so, you can see,
this is a complex book...
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this is a book that has a lot
of nuance and a lot of depth.
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Much to study... much to
learn in this book of Daniel
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and chapter 11... particularly.
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Now, it is this...
this new part of the book
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where we see a parallel...
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let me put it this way...
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If you look at a
drop of pond water,
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water from a pond or a stream,
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if you look through
that drop of pond water
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through a magnifying glass,
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you will see more
than you would see
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if you looked at it
through the naked eye
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but if you looked at
that drop of pond water
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through a microscope,
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you would scarcely believe
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that you're looking
at the same drop of water
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but the fact is,
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that everything that was
visible under the microscope
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was there under
the magnifying glass
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but your eyes could not see it
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without some
additional assistance.
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That's the way Daniel is,
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he gives you that
additional assistance
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so that when you're looking
at particularly Medo-Persia
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and Greece and the
succeeding kingdoms,
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you're looking at it
now through a microscope
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even more than
a magnifying glass
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and certainly more
than the naked eye.
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We can say Daniel chapter
2 is sort of... naked eye...
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but as we move through
the succeeding chapters,
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we go under a magnifying glass
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and then when we get
to Daniel chapter 11,
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now we're looking
under a microscope.
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Now, let me say this
and this is important
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because I don't
believe any sincere Christian
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will be lost from heaven
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because of a misunderstanding
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or because of
their understanding
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of Daniel chapter 11
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if they don't get it perfectly
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but Daniel is a book
that needs to be studied
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for our edification
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as we prepare for the coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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The disclaimer is simply this,
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I suspect that Islam
perhaps has a role to play
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in the end-time scenario.
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We're looking at... and
listening so much about Islam
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as it impacts the world...
it is large... it is aggressive
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and it was the
Islamic incursions
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back in the
10th and 11th Century
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that really put a halt
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to the unfettered
work of the Medieval Church
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but I believe that something
is going to play out with Islam
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but we don't
know quite what it is
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so that's one of the things
that we have to kind of look at
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with humility and see
how it's going to play out...
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I don't think that
it will be a focal point
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as many Bible students do
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but I think there is a
platform that Islam may have
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in the closing
scenes of earth's history
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because of its size...
because of its aggressive nature
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and we just have
to keep our eyes open
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and see how this
is going to play out
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as we come closer and
closer to the end of this world
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and the second coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Pause.
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I have a high
degree of agreement
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with those who
talk about the diversity
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and the increased opinions
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of those who
look at this chapter
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but when we talk about
Islam and some of those things,
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we have to be very
careful and to do so with prayer
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because the
landscape is a little opaque...
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it is a little murky,
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we don't know quite
what Islam is going to do
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and how it's going to
figure in the end-time scenario
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but I suspect
there is a place for it.
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So we move back to... to Daniel.
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The Bible tells us
that some interesting things
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are going to happen.
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In Daniel chapter 11, we
see, where the Bible tells us
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that three more kings
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are going to come
upon the scene of action.
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Those kings are: Cambyses
spoken of in Ezra 4 verse 6,
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Gaumata... Ezra
chapter 4 verse 7,
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Darius the first...
Ezra chapter 4 verse 24,
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and Xerxes... in Daniel
chapter 11 verses 1 and 2.
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We find that...
there are four more kings.
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Xerxes by-the-way is the
Ahasuerus of the book of Esther
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and that word always...
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that name always
sort of trips me up
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as it does many people
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but it's Ahasuerus...
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as best as I can do
with that pronunciation
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from the book of Esther.
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This fourth
king, the Bible says,
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will be richer by
far than the others.
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He is Xerxes and that name
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when translated through
becomes again... Ahasuerus...
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or Ahasuerus
from the Word of God.
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He will use his power,
his purse and his position
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to stir his
Empire up against Greece.
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We touched on that when
we looked at Daniel chapter 9
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with this... what seems
like a personal animosity
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between the goat and the ram.
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Well, there was a
personal animosity
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between the
Persian King and Greece...
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and we saw that in Daniel
chapter 9 and we see it again.
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This fourth
king, Xerxes, as I said
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failed to conquer Greece.
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This was the one who
had Vashti as his wife
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and later married Esther.
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He raised one of the
largest armies and into history
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they marched into Greece
and got, dare I say, embarrassed
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you've heard of 300
Spartans at Thermopylae
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well, that's this whole scenario
00:16:11.93\00:16:13.94
of him trying to
conquer the Grecian States...
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the Grecian States united
00:16:16.81\00:16:18.14
and they turned
back the incursions
00:16:18.17\00:16:23.08
of the Persian Empire.
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Very interesting story...
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the Greeks dressed in metal and
the Persians dressed in cloth
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were no real match for them
00:16:32.12\00:16:36.32
and then, of
course, as we said before,
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the Persians were not accustomed
to hand-to-hand combat,
00:16:37.96\00:16:40.40
they were more "arrow shooters"
00:16:40.43\00:16:42.06
and, of course, when
you're covered in metal
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an arrow's not
going to do too much,
00:16:43.87\00:16:45.20
so, even though the
army was much larger,
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it didn't do what he
had expected it to do.
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A second Artaxerxes
called Longimanus...
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he was the one that was
responsible for the 457 decree
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that began the start
of the 2,300-day prophecy
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and so that's
how we bring that in,
00:17:07.12\00:17:09.76
so, remember,
that we're establishing
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this magnifying glass pattern.
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We are getting an enhanced
view of the Medo-Persian Empire
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that we didn't get
in the previous chapters
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slanted of course
to the Persian side
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because it was the Persian side
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as opposed to the Median side
which was a little more active.
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Then in Daniel
chapter 11 and verse 3,
00:17:30.38\00:17:32.28
we pivot now to Greece.
00:17:32.31\00:17:34.82
The Bible tells us about
"a mighty king shall arise...
00:17:34.85\00:17:39.12
and rule with great dominion.
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He will do what he wants...
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the Kingdom is broken up...
scattered to the four winds...
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and none among his
posterity with inherit. "
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Well, that is of
course, Alexander
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and his four leading Generals.
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So, in verse 5 we
get this new player
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we have to keep
the train on the tracks
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and our thought
progression has to be linear...
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we're following
along... a mighty king...
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kingdom divided...
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his children
will not take over...
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he will be divided and
scattered to the four winds...
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the only person that
fits that is Alexander.
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Alexander's Empire is
divided into four sub-Empires
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and we'll come back to
that in just a little bit.
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These four
sub-Empires were under control
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of his four leading Generals.
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The King of the South is
initially Ptolemy and Egypt...
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that's one of the four Generals
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that we're going
to be talking about
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and we'll... we'll come
back to that in just a moment.
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The King of the North
is initially Seleucus...
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another of the four Generals
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that we're going
to be talking about.
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Here they are...
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Lysimachus /
Cassander Seleucus and Ptolemy.
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Now I put them in
that order for a reason...
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I'll explain in just a moment
00:19:09.01\00:19:10.38
but Seleucus or
initial King of the North
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Ptolemy...
initial King of the South
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and it was these
two particular Generals
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that sort of
came to the ascendancy
00:19:20.39\00:19:22.49
after the death of Alexander.
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So, we identify
right off the bat...
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the King of the
North Seleucus...
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the King of the
South... Ptolemy.
00:19:30.37\00:19:32.43
Now, I'm identifying them
00:19:32.47\00:19:34.34
in relation to their
geographical proximity
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to the Holy Land.
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To the North... Seleucus...
00:19:41.78\00:19:43.95
to the South...
Ptolemy and Egypt.
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it is Egypt until after 31 B.C.
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and the Atheistic
offspring of those children.
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The four mini
empires became two.
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Now, all the Seleucid
kings took the name: Antiochus
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and you recall that
it was the Seleucids
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that conquered the Holy Land.
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They were in-charge of
the Holy Land and North.
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They all took
the name: Antiochus.
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.11
Antiochus 1... Antiochus 2...
00:20:16.18\00:20:17.75
Antiochus 3... Antiochus 4...
00:20:17.78\00:20:19.35
Antiochus Epimanes...
00:20:19.38\00:20:20.92
all of these kings
took the name "Antiochus"
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there were eight
Seleucid kings in all.
00:20:25.09\00:20:27.66
Daniel chapter 11
verses 14 to 25... 29 rather
00:20:27.72\00:20:33.36
identifies a new
King of the North
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and we're going to come
to that in just a moment
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.70
because there is a Power
that succeeds the Seleucid kings
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and, of course, that
is Pagan or Imperial Rome.
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So, one of the views that
we will see of God's people
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is that they are being assaulted
and crushed by a two-sided vice.
00:20:53.68\00:20:58.19
False religion on the one hand
00:20:58.22\00:21:02.06
and Atheistic...
00:21:02.09\00:21:06.36
Atheism, rather, on the other.
00:21:06.39\00:21:09.36
Now, the Ptolemies in the south
00:21:09.40\00:21:12.20
or in Egypt
00:21:12.23\00:21:13.60
ruled for many, many years...
00:21:13.64\00:21:14.97
about 168 years.
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.34
You've heard of this
name before Cleopatra...
00:21:16.37\00:21:18.11
this is Cleopatra number 7.
00:21:18.14\00:21:20.14
She was a Ptolemy or
part of that dynasty in Egypt
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that we see as
the King of the South.
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Daniel 11 reveals a squeeze
play as we've said before.
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False religion and Atheism...
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False Religion in the
north and Atheism in the south.
00:21:37.23\00:21:42.66
and these two forces
will oppose each other...
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sometimes join each other
00:21:45.90\00:21:47.27
and sometimes join each
other in fighting God's people
00:21:47.30\00:21:50.04
but throughout the years
there's this "Squeeze Pay"
00:21:50.14\00:21:53.11
"Squeeze Play" rather
00:21:53.14\00:21:54.48
of False Religion in the
north and Atheism in the south
00:21:54.51\00:21:57.78
all coming
against the people of God.
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Pause.
00:22:02.35\00:22:05.79
Ptolemy is the
initial King of the South
00:22:05.82\00:22:09.26
and the Seleucids are the
initial Kings of the North.
00:22:09.29\00:22:13.03
We're... we're... we're...
sort of begging that point
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.67
because what happens
is you had four Generals
00:22:16.73\00:22:19.93
and the four
Generals become two.
00:22:20.00\00:22:23.71
Lysimachus overthrows Cassander
00:22:23.77\00:22:27.44
and then
Seleucus, King of the North,
00:22:27.48\00:22:30.71
kills Lysimachus
in a war of expansion.
00:22:30.75\00:22:33.92
So, very quickly,
the four become two.
00:22:33.98\00:22:37.05
You got Seleucus in the north,
you got Ptolemy in the south,
00:22:37.09\00:22:39.95
and the four become two.
00:22:40.02\00:22:42.12
So, you've got a
King of the North
00:22:42.16\00:22:43.59
and a King of the South
00:22:43.63\00:22:45.16
and this is
further justification
00:22:45.19\00:22:47.66
for the understanding of
Ptolemy as the King of the South
00:22:47.73\00:22:51.43
and the Seleucids or
the Antiochus Dynasty
00:22:51.47\00:22:55.87
as the initial kings of north.
00:22:55.90\00:22:57.71
Now, you notice this...
this gets kind of complex...
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.18
it gets kind of involved
00:23:00.21\00:23:01.54
and that's because Daniel's
giving us this deeper look...
00:23:01.58\00:23:04.18
this closer look...
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.58
we don't get these
names in Daniel chapter 2.
00:23:05.61\00:23:07.65
We get the arms
and chest of silver
00:23:07.68\00:23:12.52
and we get the thighs of brass
00:23:12.55\00:23:14.79
but we don't the
names... we don't get the king
00:23:14.82\00:23:16.73
so Daniel 11 is giving us
this little closer look...
00:23:16.76\00:23:19.66
it's putting these kingdoms
under a magnifying glass
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.60
so that we not only
know what is going on...
00:23:22.63\00:23:26.57
we know who are the
players and the actors,
00:23:26.60\00:23:28.57
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:23:28.60\00:23:31.07
within decades after
the death of Alexander,
00:23:31.11\00:23:33.58
as I said before,
these four kingdoms
00:23:33.64\00:23:36.31
or four sub-Empires become two
00:23:36.34\00:23:40.12
and Ptolemy in the
north, Seleucus in the south.
00:23:40.18\00:23:45.22
Now, a little detail...
00:23:45.25\00:23:46.59
we'll try to run
through this very quickly,
00:23:46.62\00:23:49.36
In chapters 11:6...
chapter 11 verse 6...
00:23:49.39\00:23:52.09
alludes to Ptolemy the
2nd... the Expansionist.
00:23:52.13\00:23:55.96
Antiochus the
2nd... King of the North...
00:23:56.00\00:23:59.00
leaves his wife Bernice
who is a daughter of Ptolemy...
00:23:59.03\00:24:04.81
a little inter-marriage there...
00:24:04.84\00:24:07.28
and marries, rather, Bernice...
00:24:07.38\00:24:09.71
he leaves his wife,
Laodice who then subsequently
00:24:09.74\00:24:14.98
has Bernice
assassinated and her son
00:24:15.02\00:24:18.85
and then poisons Antiochus,
you got all this intrigue.
00:24:18.89\00:24:22.39
Bernice's brother,
Ptolemy the 3rd, travels north,
00:24:22.42\00:24:25.99
overthrows Syria, in
the battle that follows,
00:24:26.03\00:24:29.83
Antiochus the
3rd... King of the North
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.67
and Ptolemy the
4th... King of the South
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.54
meet at the battle
of Raphia in 217 B.C.
00:24:36.57\00:24:40.44
Ptolemy wins...
00:24:40.48\00:24:41.81
16 years later,
Antiochus the 3rd comes through
00:24:41.84\00:24:44.11
and defeats Egypt so
you've got this interplay,
00:24:44.15\00:24:46.45
back and forth... back and forth
00:24:46.48\00:24:47.82
inter-marrying, murder,
00:24:47.85\00:24:50.09
intrigue,
death... back and forth,
00:24:50.15\00:24:52.79
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.16
King of the
South... King of the North...
00:24:54.22\00:24:55.56
King of the North
over King of the South
00:24:55.59\00:24:57.66
Antiochus...
Ptolemy... back and forth
00:24:57.69\00:24:59.83
for about 168 years.
00:24:59.86\00:25:02.00
That's all played out and
explained in Daniel chapter 11
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.77
verses 11 through 13.
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.97
Now, Daniel
turns to a new power,
00:25:08.04\00:25:10.31
we've got to kind
of scoot along here
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.07
because time is
getting away from us
00:25:12.11\00:25:13.81
He turns to a new power
in verse 14 through 29...
00:25:13.88\00:25:18.41
which assumes
the role and identity
00:25:18.45\00:25:21.88
of King of the North,
00:25:21.92\00:25:23.25
now, we've got to keep
the train on the track...
00:25:23.28\00:25:25.19
so, when you want to know
who the new King of the North is
00:25:25.22\00:25:28.29
simply look for the kingdom that
supplants the Seleucid Kingdom.
00:25:28.32\00:25:32.89
Who comes on the scene of action
after the Seleucids are gone?
00:25:32.93\00:25:37.43
That is, of course, Pagan Rome.
00:25:37.47\00:25:40.60
The new power is Pagan Rome.
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.71
Where is Rome in
relation to Israel?
00:25:43.77\00:25:46.78
It is north... it is
north west but it is also north
00:25:46.84\00:25:50.15
because it conquers just
about everything in that area
00:25:50.21\00:25:53.38
so it's north,
00:25:53.42\00:25:54.75
so, when you're
looking for the new identity
00:25:54.78\00:25:56.75
of the King of the
North, it is Pagan Rome.
00:25:56.79\00:25:59.39
The Seleucid Empire
and the Ptolemaic Empire
00:25:59.42\00:26:03.96
as we said,
lasted about 168 years.
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.56
Near the end,
Cleopatra 7... she is a Ptolemy
00:26:06.59\00:26:10.47
so she's female but
she's King of the South
00:26:10.50\00:26:14.30
bears a child for Julius
Caesar nicknamed Caesarion.
00:26:14.34\00:26:18.41
She then bears three children
for his successor Mary Antony.
00:26:18.44\00:26:24.78
Now, we move now into
the age of Roman domination.
00:26:24.81\00:26:30.29
As I said... Cleopatra...
one child for Caesar
00:26:30.32\00:26:35.69
three for Mark Antony.
00:26:35.76\00:26:37.96
Pause.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.36
The King of the North is
Pagan... then Papal Rome.
00:26:39.39\00:26:45.90
Rome annexed Egypt
00:26:45.97\00:26:48.47
under the first true
emperor called Octavian
00:26:48.50\00:26:53.34
or Caesar Augustus.
00:26:53.38\00:26:54.71
He defeated
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
00:26:54.74\00:26:59.01
at the war in 31 A.D.
00:26:59.05\00:27:03.25
at a battle called,
The Battle of Actium.
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.79
Octavian defeats the forces
of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
00:27:06.82\00:27:11.23
and really, from that time
on Egypt is a Vassal State,
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.93
it is not really a country
standing alone anymore...
00:27:14.93\00:27:19.50
it's part of the Roman
Empire and gets swallowed up
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.67
as part of the Roman Empire.
00:27:21.70\00:27:24.01
So, the new King of the North
becomes Pagan or Imperial Rome
00:27:24.04\00:27:28.61
and the King of the
South now has to change
00:27:28.64\00:27:32.05
because Egypt as a
stand-alone country
00:27:32.08\00:27:35.42
no longer exists.
00:27:35.45\00:27:36.79
You see, the depth... the layers
that Daniel is taking us through
00:27:36.82\00:27:40.06
he's giving us much
more of a microscopic look
00:27:40.09\00:27:43.29
at what's going on
or what is happening.
00:27:43.36\00:27:47.76
So, either Pagan or Papal Rome
00:27:47.83\00:27:51.30
is part of the
King of the North.
00:27:51.37\00:27:54.20
We see now again
the Squeeze play...
00:27:54.24\00:27:56.97
false religion in the North
00:27:57.01\00:27:59.07
and Anti-God
Atheism in the South.
00:27:59.11\00:28:04.38
Now, that encourages us to
tap the brake just a little bit
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.92
to try to be a
little judicious here
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.12
because the narrative
gets very, very involved
00:28:10.15\00:28:14.62
as we mentioned
the King of the South
00:28:14.66\00:28:18.19
changes as does
the King of the North.
00:28:18.23\00:28:22.33
We mentioned Actium
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.17
where the Roman
Empire annexed Egypt
00:28:24.20\00:28:27.54
and Mark Antony and
Cleopatra are defeated...
00:28:27.57\00:28:31.74
and Egypt ceases to
exist as a stand-alone country.
00:28:31.77\00:28:36.28
We have to adjust our sights
00:28:36.31\00:28:39.05
to identify the
King of the South.
00:28:39.08\00:28:42.05
In Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 8,
00:28:42.08\00:28:45.59
Scripture speaks
about spiritual Egypt
00:28:45.62\00:28:49.06
because of her opposition
to God's people historically
00:28:49.09\00:28:54.20
as outlined in
Exodus chapter 5 verse 2.
00:28:54.20\00:29:00.47
So, when we're looking
now at the King of the South,
00:29:00.57\00:29:04.24
you can't look at
Egypt as a country anymore,
00:29:04.27\00:29:07.31
you've got to look at her
spiritual sons and daughters.
00:29:07.34\00:29:11.05
So, prior to A.D. 31
in the Battle of Actium...
00:29:11.08\00:29:15.05
Egypt was a nation physically
opposing God's people.
00:29:15.08\00:29:19.05
After A.D. 31, the
King of the South now
00:29:19.09\00:29:23.86
is the "Spiritual
Children" of Egypt.
00:29:23.89\00:29:28.50
Those who have that
anti-God Atheistic mindset
00:29:28.53\00:29:33.84
as we saw in ancient Egypt.
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.34
So, Daniel 11 shows
the people of God now
00:29:37.41\00:29:40.21
assailed by this Squeeze Play...
false religion and Atheism
00:29:40.28\00:29:46.18
and as we've noted... our
starting point is A.D. 31.
00:29:46.21\00:29:51.95
Now, let's move on.
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.46
In 1798 something happened.
00:29:53.49\00:29:59.63
Let me go back and
just walk you through that.
00:29:59.66\00:30:02.86
In the north, Pagan Rome
was succeeded by Papal Rome.
00:30:02.90\00:30:11.91
Both opposed the people of God.
00:30:11.94\00:30:15.98
Papal Rome had an almost
00:30:16.04\00:30:19.75
unfettered sway
and control of Europe
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.92
from 538 A.D. to 1798 A.D.
00:30:22.95\00:30:29.82
or 1,260 years of what Daniel
11 calls "The Appointed Time. "
00:30:29.86\00:30:38.87
History informs
us that in that year
00:30:38.93\00:30:42.84
the dominance of the
western world by the Papacy
00:30:42.87\00:30:47.21
came to its end.
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.94
How did that happen?
00:30:48.98\00:30:50.71
In 1798, French General Berthier
at the orders of Napoleon
00:30:50.78\00:30:57.72
took the Pope prisoner
00:30:57.75\00:30:59.89
and the 1,260-year
reign of the Papacy in Europe
00:30:59.92\00:31:07.60
came to its end.
00:31:07.60\00:31:10.57
That reign of power...
sometimes called the Dark Ages
00:31:10.63\00:31:15.54
or the Middle Ages
came to an... an end.
00:31:15.57\00:31:20.64
The Pope's capture ended
the times, time and 1/2 a time
00:31:20.68\00:31:26.48
1,260-year rule of the Papacy.
00:31:26.51\00:31:29.52
Pause.
00:31:29.55\00:31:31.35
583 to 1798 as predicted
in Daniel chapter 7 verse 25.
00:31:31.39\00:31:39.63
We talked about that when we
went through Daniel chapter 7.
00:31:39.66\00:31:42.53
Daniel 11:35
mentions the "time of the end"
00:31:42.56\00:31:46.90
or "the appointed time"
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.30
that "appointed
time" was 1798...
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.84
it was at that time in that year
00:31:50.87\00:31:53.64
that Berthier took his action
00:31:53.71\00:31:56.34
and the church's
unfettered reign came to an end.
00:31:56.38\00:32:00.82
What replaced it was
something kind of sad.
00:32:00.85\00:32:05.42
Atheism replaced it
00:32:05.49\00:32:07.72
as the "Age of Reason"
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.96
and, of course, this
took place in France.
00:32:10.03\00:32:12.26
Really a horrible time.
00:32:12.29\00:32:14.30
For the first time in
the history of the world,
00:32:14.36\00:32:16.73
a country outlawed religion...
00:32:16.83\00:32:19.20
voted Christianity out...
00:32:19.23\00:32:21.54
said, "We're not going
to have any more faith...
00:32:21.60\00:32:24.51
any more
churches... any more praying...
00:32:24.54\00:32:26.54
any more worship
of... of God... "
00:32:26.57\00:32:28.64
it was a political move
00:32:28.68\00:32:32.08
by the King of the South
00:32:32.11\00:32:35.45
so the new King of
the South now is France...
00:32:35.48\00:32:38.22
a spiritual daughter
00:32:38.25\00:32:40.32
an ideological daughter of Egypt
00:32:40.36\00:32:43.99
against God's people...
against the people of God
00:32:44.03\00:32:47.50
and so, Atheism and all its
tentacles now rears its head
00:32:47.56\00:32:52.77
and if you look at Europe today,
00:32:52.80\00:32:54.27
so much of it is a
part of the fallout
00:32:54.30\00:32:57.77
of what happened so
many years ago in 1798.
00:32:57.81\00:33:03.18
Verse 38, "a God which
his fathers did not know"
00:33:03.21\00:33:08.95
very, very important text,
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.69
it's talking about this God
of Atheism that was ushered in
00:33:10.72\00:33:15.36
by the French in the year 1798.
00:33:15.39\00:33:20.93
Brand-new god... a god
that its fathers did not know.
00:33:20.96\00:33:23.93
What kind of God
is it? It is no God.
00:33:23.97\00:33:26.94
It is a decision
by the French people
00:33:27.00\00:33:29.87
to have no God...
00:33:29.90\00:33:31.24
to make a god of reason...
00:33:31.27\00:33:33.44
to make a god of
their own mindset...
00:33:33.48\00:33:36.04
to make a humanistic god...
00:33:36.08\00:33:37.75
but they
weren't going to worship
00:33:37.78\00:33:40.02
the God of heaven anymore
00:33:40.08\00:33:41.82
and this mind-set has
gone down through the years
00:33:41.85\00:33:46.72
and really, Europe is a very
secular place even to this day.
00:33:46.76\00:33:50.89
There are men and
women and young people
00:33:50.93\00:33:53.86
who are trying to serve the Lord
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.73
but there is
much secularism there
00:33:55.76\00:33:57.93
and much of it
had its beginning...
00:33:57.97\00:34:00.17
it's genesis in 1798
when the French people said,
00:34:00.24\00:34:03.74
"We will not have God
to be our God anymore. "
00:34:03.81\00:34:07.31
Verse 38 of Daniel
chapter 11 calls it,
00:34:07.38\00:34:10.95
"a god which his
fathers did not know"
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.45
so, it's part of the
spiritual legacy of Egypt
00:34:14.48\00:34:18.15
and as such France or Atheism
00:34:18.19\00:34:21.36
as espoused by
the French Government
00:34:21.39\00:34:24.36
is the King of the South.
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.70
It's kind of interesting that
00:34:26.73\00:34:28.93
for a while the
King of the North
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.63
went and captured
the King of the South
00:34:30.67\00:34:34.37
but both of them historically
have had their unity
00:34:34.40\00:34:41.24
in being against God's people.
00:34:41.28\00:34:43.61
so, I'm looking at some
of the names I have here.
00:34:43.65\00:34:47.42
Georg Hegel 1797
called the Father of Atheism.
00:34:47.48\00:34:51.19
Charles Darwin 1837,
00:34:51.22\00:34:53.52
Karl Marx and
Communistic Atheism 1843
00:34:53.56\00:34:57.59
and so, to this very day
00:34:57.63\00:34:59.23
it has settled into the
hearts and minds of so many.
00:34:59.26\00:35:03.70
The great German
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
00:35:03.77\00:35:08.14
very famous name...
00:35:08.17\00:35:12.24
he said in 1882, "God is dead"
00:35:12.27\00:35:19.55
and so, even on television today
you've got Ron Reagan who says,
00:35:19.58\00:35:24.49
"There is no God,
there is no heaven,
00:35:24.52\00:35:27.19
there is no hell. "
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.59
Pete Singer... Michael Martin...
00:35:28.62\00:35:30.36
Richard
Dawkins... Stephen Hawking...
00:35:30.43\00:35:33.26
all brilliant...
all prolific writers...
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.30
many teaching in our
schools and universities
00:35:36.33\00:35:39.90
but all possessed of
the one self-same belief
00:35:39.93\00:35:43.51
that there simply is no God
00:35:43.57\00:35:47.14
and of course, the Bible says,
00:35:47.18\00:35:49.31
"The fool has said in his
heart, 'there is no God. '"
00:35:49.34\00:35:51.85
And "The fear of the
Lord... " Proverbs 9:10
00:35:51.88\00:35:55.68
"is the beginning of wisdom. "
00:35:55.72\00:35:57.69
How many people are there...
famous people... famous names
00:35:57.72\00:36:00.99
that you know
that are Atheistic?
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.79
Katharine
Hepburn, Sigmund Freud,
00:36:03.86\00:36:06.56
Clarence Darrow,
00:36:06.59\00:36:07.96
Andrew Carnegie,
00:36:08.03\00:36:09.40
Mark Zuckerberg,
00:36:09.43\00:36:10.77
all brilliant...
all accomplished...
00:36:10.80\00:36:14.57
all very talented...
00:36:14.60\00:36:15.94
but all believing in their
hearts that there is no God
00:36:15.97\00:36:19.07
either
Agnostic... most Atheistic
00:36:19.14\00:36:22.58
and I say again, Psalm
chapter 14 and verse 1,
00:36:22.61\00:36:26.58
"The fool has said in his
heart, 'there is no God. '"
00:36:26.61\00:36:31.55
How very, very sad.
00:36:31.62\00:36:34.59
Pause.
00:36:34.62\00:36:35.96
Psalm chapter 9 verse 10.
00:36:35.99\00:36:38.26
"And those who know Your
name and put their trust in You;
00:36:38.29\00:36:42.40
For you, Lord, have not
forsaken those who seek You. "
00:36:42.43\00:36:45.83
And I'm so glad that
even though there are so many
00:36:45.87\00:36:49.24
who don't believe in God,
00:36:49.27\00:36:50.87
God has not abandoned this world
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.11
and God has not
abandoned His people.
00:36:53.14\00:36:56.31
France, by vote of
Government, voted out religion
00:36:56.34\00:37:01.08
here's the
date... November 26, 1793.
00:37:01.12\00:37:08.42
She issued a decree
00:37:08.46\00:37:11.96
abolishing all religion.
00:37:11.99\00:37:15.23
They threw the
Bibles into the streets...
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.23
they cursed the name of God...
00:37:18.27\00:37:21.20
and yet Daniel sees a
resurrection of this North power
00:37:21.27\00:37:27.61
even though Berthier
took him off his throne,
00:37:27.64\00:37:30.35
Daniel says that
this King of the North
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.95
is going to be resurrected
00:37:34.02\00:37:36.89
as far as power and
authority is concerned
00:37:36.99\00:37:40.36
and an attempt is
going to be made again
00:37:40.39\00:37:43.73
to dominate the world
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.46
and that was done with the
signing of the Lateran Treaty
00:37:45.53\00:37:49.90
in February 11...
on February 11, 1929.
00:37:49.93\00:37:55.20
Papal Sovereignty
was re-established
00:37:55.24\00:37:58.81
and Papal
authority was re-asserted
00:37:58.84\00:38:02.44
across the globe.
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.61
So, though there was a
time when the King of the North
00:38:04.65\00:38:09.55
sort of "took his
lumps" as it were,
00:38:09.58\00:38:11.99
that was healed...
that wound was healed...
00:38:12.02\00:38:15.22
and in 1929 the Papacy
was given the Vatican States
00:38:15.29\00:38:20.73
and other Papal Estates,
00:38:20.76\00:38:22.50
it became a free-standing
self-governing entity.
00:38:22.53\00:38:26.37
Once again Eastern Europe fell
under the curtain of Communism
00:38:26.40\00:38:31.04
which has only
recently been lifted,
00:38:31.07\00:38:34.28
and the Muslim world
has again asserted itself
00:38:34.31\00:38:38.61
and time will not allow us
to examine that line of thought
00:38:38.68\00:38:43.42
save to say that in
these last days the Bible says,
00:38:43.49\00:38:47.69
"All the world will
wonder after the beast... "
00:38:47.72\00:38:51.86
a quote from
Revelation chapter 11
00:38:51.93\00:38:54.36
which lets us know that
many things are going to happen
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.83
as orchestrated
by this Papal Power
00:38:57.87\00:39:01.24
which has re-asserted itself
00:39:01.27\00:39:03.20
and again is taking
its place as a religion
00:39:03.24\00:39:07.71
that is intent
on world domination
00:39:07.74\00:39:11.18
and control of the
spiritual lives of men and women
00:39:11.21\00:39:15.05
across this earth.
00:39:15.08\00:39:17.32
Pause.
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.42
Daniel chapter
11 verses 40 to 41
00:39:19.45\00:39:22.56
allows us to understand
that the King of the North's
00:39:22.59\00:39:27.76
involvement in
the fall of Communism
00:39:27.76\00:39:30.17
and that influence has moved
through to the world of Islam.
00:39:30.20\00:39:36.81
Now, this is
very, very interesting
00:39:36.84\00:39:38.17
that it was the... the
United States President
00:39:38.21\00:39:46.38
Ronald Reagan in particular
00:39:46.41\00:39:49.52
in connection with the Vatican
that really was influential
00:39:49.55\00:39:56.02
in the... how can we
say the bringing down
00:39:56.06\00:39:59.86
of the Iron Curtain and
Communism back in the '80s.
00:39:59.93\00:40:03.63
So, this again is
the King of the North
00:40:03.67\00:40:06.43
and the United States
00:40:06.47\00:40:08.40
doing something to
influence the whole world.
00:40:08.44\00:40:11.81
This scenario is countenanced
and included in verse 42 and 43
00:40:11.84\00:40:18.78
of Daniel chapter 11
00:40:18.81\00:40:20.72
which echoes the record
00:40:20.78\00:40:22.55
as found in
Revelation chapter 13 verse 3
00:40:22.62\00:40:25.85
that the world will
wonder after the beast
00:40:25.89\00:40:29.12
and that there
will be this joining
00:40:29.16\00:40:31.73
of Protestantism and Catholicism
00:40:31.76\00:40:34.30
to dominate
religion around the world.
00:40:34.36\00:40:39.00
This beast again
is King of the North
00:40:39.03\00:40:42.74
remember we said
that the continuum is
00:40:42.77\00:40:46.44
Pagan or Imperial
Rome as King of the North
00:40:46.47\00:40:50.78
followed by Papal
Rome as King of the North
00:40:50.81\00:40:55.05
as we move down
through this earth's history.
00:40:55.08\00:40:59.32
As we come to the end of time,
00:40:59.35\00:41:02.39
as we move to the end
of this earth's history,
00:41:02.42\00:41:07.40
we will see again
this establishment...
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.86
this pressure by
the King of the North
00:41:09.90\00:41:13.40
to try to do
what it can to control
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.67
not only what we
think but how we pray
00:41:16.77\00:41:19.97
and how we believe
00:41:20.04\00:41:21.38
and our worship of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:41:21.41\00:41:24.35
What is interesting
that as we come down
00:41:24.38\00:41:27.28
to the end of Daniel chapter 11,
00:41:27.32\00:41:29.55
the Bible makes some
very startling claims
00:41:29.58\00:41:32.59
that lets us know that
we are very, very close
00:41:32.62\00:41:35.26
to the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.83
Let's look at Daniel chapter
11 and I'm reading verse 44.
00:41:37.89\00:41:42.66
"But the news from the east
and the north shall trouble him:
00:41:42.70\00:41:47.47
therefore he shall
go out with a great army
00:41:47.57\00:41:51.14
to destroy and
annihilate many. "
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.51
Many see this as Islam and
incursions of the Islamic world.
00:41:53.54\00:41:58.95
"And he shall plant his tents...
plant the tents of his palace
00:41:58.98\00:42:04.42
between the seas and
the glorious holy mountain;
00:42:04.45\00:42:08.09
yet he shall come to his
end, and no one will help him. "
00:42:08.16\00:42:14.20
As we get down
to the end of time,
00:42:14.30\00:42:16.67
we're going to see
wars and rumors of wars
00:42:16.73\00:42:20.24
and a troubling of
the waters of religion
00:42:20.30\00:42:23.77
and these powers that
have held sway for so long
00:42:23.81\00:42:28.74
will give way
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.11
to the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
00:42:30.15\00:42:33.78
and as this King of the
North runs into these powers
00:42:33.82\00:42:37.55
the Bible says... there's not
going to be anyone to help him
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.75
because it's time for
this power to come to its end
00:42:39.79\00:42:44.69
and then the next
thing that we will see
00:42:44.73\00:42:47.03
and that we will know
00:42:47.10\00:42:49.03
will be the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:42:49.06\00:42:55.30
Pause.
00:42:55.34\00:42:56.94
In studying the book of Daniel
particularly Daniel chapter 11,
00:42:56.97\00:43:02.64
you've got to it
at... in very small steps
00:43:02.68\00:43:07.05
one at a time and keep
the train on the track.
00:43:07.12\00:43:11.39
What you have to do is
try as best you can to make...
00:43:11.42\00:43:15.99
you know, I was
listening to a...
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.13
a lecture by a doctor
to a number of doctors
00:43:18.16\00:43:21.83
and he said,
00:43:21.86\00:43:23.20
"If... if you hear
hoof prints behind you,
00:43:23.23\00:43:26.90
don't expect to see a
zebra... expect to see a horse"
00:43:26.94\00:43:31.54
and what he was
saying basically is,
00:43:31.61\00:43:34.68
"Don't look for the
wild or sensational,
00:43:34.74\00:43:37.51
try to follow the
line of trajectory
00:43:37.55\00:43:39.61
that has
already been established
00:43:39.65\00:43:41.62
and that is very, very crucial
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.85
when you're trying to understand
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.02
what Daniel is trying
to say to his people...
00:43:46.09\00:43:49.99
what Daniel is trying
to say to you and to I
00:43:50.03\00:43:53.09
and as you keep the
train on the tracks,
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.13
it tends to make sense.
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.17
You're looking at Medo-Persia,
00:43:58.20\00:44:00.84
you're looking at a series
of kings that are on the throne,
00:44:00.87\00:44:06.47
these are literal kings.
00:44:06.51\00:44:07.84
These are not bears or
beasts, these are kings
00:44:07.88\00:44:10.38
of a particular country.
00:44:10.45\00:44:11.85
That country is
succeeded by Greece.
00:44:11.88\00:44:16.08
We see again, a literal country
00:44:16.12\00:44:18.12
with a literal ruler
called Alexander the Great.
00:44:18.15\00:44:21.59
Then there is this
division to the four winds.
00:44:21.62\00:44:24.99
Well, we go through
history, where did that happen?
00:44:25.06\00:44:29.00
The Generals of Alexander
took over... upon his death.
00:44:29.03\00:44:32.80
The Bible says that his
children will not inherit.
00:44:32.83\00:44:36.54
Alexander had no successors
00:44:36.60\00:44:38.67
so Lysimachus,
Cassander, Seleucus and Ptolemy
00:44:38.71\00:44:42.11
took over the kingdom.
00:44:42.18\00:44:43.51
The four Generals
became two through expansion
00:44:43.55\00:44:47.72
these were not buddies...
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.08
these were war-like men and
so they conquered each other
00:44:49.12\00:44:52.19
they fought others...
00:44:52.22\00:44:53.56
when they had no others to
fight... they fought each other
00:44:53.62\00:44:56.16
so now we've
got two sub-kingdoms
00:44:56.19\00:44:59.33
one in the
north... one in the south...
00:44:59.36\00:45:01.70
the northern king was...
00:45:01.73\00:45:05.40
or the northern kings formed the
Seleucid or Antiochus Dynasty,
00:45:05.43\00:45:11.37
they became King of the North.
00:45:11.44\00:45:13.31
In the south there was but
one set of rulers for 168 years
00:45:13.38\00:45:17.65
they were the Ptolemies
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.31
they became the
King of the South.
00:45:19.35\00:45:21.55
Cleopatra was a Ptolemy
00:45:21.58\00:45:25.09
so if you keep it
linear, you can see
00:45:25.12\00:45:27.29
that it makes
very, very clear sense.
00:45:27.36\00:45:30.16
All right, now, the
Seleucid dynasties...
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.93
the kings called Antiochus
were overtaken by the Romans.
00:45:32.96\00:45:38.60
The Romans were the
next Empire in line,
00:45:38.63\00:45:43.87
they became King of the North.
00:45:43.91\00:45:46.57
In the south, the Ptolemies...
also overtaken by the Romans,
00:45:46.64\00:45:51.68
Egypt in 31 A.D.
ceased to exist as a nation
00:45:51.71\00:45:56.65
at the Battle of Actium
00:45:56.69\00:45:58.19
so now, the King of
the South has to change
00:45:58.25\00:46:01.86
because Egypt is
not there anymore
00:46:01.89\00:46:03.56
so if you keep the
train on the tracks
00:46:03.59\00:46:05.49
it becomes very
linear... it makes sense.
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.40
All right, in the
north, Pagan Rome takes over
00:46:07.46\00:46:11.20
followed by Papal Rome.
00:46:11.23\00:46:14.50
In the South,
the jump is made...
00:46:14.57\00:46:18.84
the leap is made from Egypt
00:46:18.87\00:46:22.71
and for the next 1,260 years
00:46:22.74\00:46:26.48
the King of the
North is in the ascendency.
00:46:26.55\00:46:29.55
It has its way...
it does what it wants.
00:46:29.58\00:46:33.86
It is the Papal
manifestation of... of Rome
00:46:33.89\00:46:38.56
and for 1,260
years... from 538 to 1798
00:46:38.59\00:46:43.20
there, of course, is
1,290 years from 508 to 1798.
00:46:43.23\00:46:48.64
In 508 Clovis became a
Catholic King of France
00:46:48.67\00:46:54.08
and the Goths were obliterated
00:46:54.14\00:46:57.41
and so the Catholic
Church as a free-standing entity
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.45
really came into
existence in 508...
00:47:00.48\00:47:05.19
in 538, the Pope
crowned Charlemagne
00:47:05.22\00:47:09.89
and assumed the power and
ability to take control of kings
00:47:09.92\00:47:16.13
to crown kings... to
give them their legitimacy.
00:47:16.16\00:47:19.93
So you could take the
508... 1,290 years to 1798
00:47:19.97\00:47:23.71
the 538... 1,260 years to 1798
00:47:24.01\00:47:28.01
and it follows through.
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.65
In 1798... the time
that the Bible calls,
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.55
"The Time of
the End" takes place
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.99
and the Pope is
taken off his throne
00:47:37.02\00:47:40.29
and is stripped of his power
00:47:40.36\00:47:44.86
by General
Berthier... Napoleon's General
00:47:44.89\00:47:48.53
so, now the King of the
North comes to a... a halt
00:47:48.60\00:47:53.30
by the king of the south
00:47:53.34\00:47:56.10
but that power is restored
00:47:56.14\00:47:58.41
and it's very, very linear
00:47:58.44\00:48:00.71
if you keep the
train on the track.
00:48:00.74\00:48:03.88
The King of the
South now is Atheism
00:48:03.98\00:48:07.25
or the belief
that God does not exist
00:48:07.28\00:48:10.52
or that there is no God...
00:48:10.55\00:48:12.82
again, train is on the track
so it becomes very, very simple
00:48:12.85\00:48:16.86
even though it's nuanced
and you're taking a tight look,
00:48:16.89\00:48:20.83
it's very, very simple
00:48:20.86\00:48:22.96
when you keep the
train on the track.
00:48:23.00\00:48:25.70
All right, in 1929,
00:48:25.73\00:48:29.70
the wound that is
spoken of in Revelation
00:48:29.74\00:48:32.91
or this "taking away of the
power of the King of the North"
00:48:32.94\00:48:36.31
is restored by
the Lateran Treaty
00:48:36.34\00:48:38.75
and the Papal Church
assumes again its former role
00:48:38.78\00:48:44.59
as a dominant
power in Western Europe.
00:48:44.62\00:48:48.92
In the wake of all this tragedy,
00:48:48.96\00:48:52.53
the idea of
Communism and Atheism
00:48:52.56\00:48:56.06
spreads across the Continent.
00:48:56.10\00:48:59.27
It first took its place... and
we first saw it there in 1798
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.97
time of the end...
the appointed time...
00:49:04.04\00:49:06.31
when France as a country
voted God out of existence.
00:49:06.37\00:49:11.15
"There is no God" they said
00:49:11.21\00:49:13.08
and the Goddess
of Reason or humanity
00:49:13.11\00:49:15.88
or human thinking was prayed to,
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.65
the Bible calls this
00:49:18.69\00:49:20.02
"a god which their
fathers did not know"
00:49:20.09\00:49:23.06
so, Daniel chapter
11 is not as complex
00:49:23.09\00:49:26.93
as one would
appear to see it as...
00:49:26.96\00:49:30.30
as long as you keep
the train on the tracks
00:49:30.37\00:49:33.34
and you look at it step by step
00:49:33.37\00:49:35.94
and step by step it
becomes certainly not simple
00:49:35.97\00:49:40.28
but it makes sense
and it does act up...
00:49:40.38\00:49:44.68
add up rather as we look
at it all together as a whole
00:49:44.71\00:49:50.32
but taken in
several different parts.
00:49:50.39\00:49:52.59
Now we come down
to our day today.
00:49:52.62\00:49:54.79
We are at the close
of this earth's history,
00:49:54.82\00:49:58.29
we are at the
very toes of the image
00:49:58.33\00:50:00.50
that we spoke
about in Daniel chapter 2
00:50:00.53\00:50:02.56
and by the grace of God
00:50:02.60\00:50:03.93
we know that Christ is
coming very, very soon.
00:50:03.97\00:50:07.14
These kings that have had
sway down through the centuries
00:50:07.20\00:50:11.54
the Bible says,
"They're going to come to an end
00:50:11.57\00:50:14.91
and no one will be
able to help them. "
00:50:14.94\00:50:17.61
You see, the truth
is, God sets kings up
00:50:17.65\00:50:20.18
and God takes kings down.
00:50:20.22\00:50:22.32
God orders the lives of
men, countries and events
00:50:22.35\00:50:26.82
and nothing can
withstand the power of our God.
00:50:26.86\00:50:31.23
We look at the
history of the kings
00:50:31.29\00:50:33.86
some served God... many did not
00:50:33.90\00:50:36.16
but the truth is,
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.53
all earthly
kingdoms will come to an end.
00:50:37.57\00:50:40.90
All earthly
potentates will have their end.
00:50:40.94\00:50:43.74
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:50:43.77\00:50:46.54
Atheism will have its end.
00:50:46.61\00:50:49.14
The bowing and praying
to monarchs and potentates
00:50:49.18\00:50:54.95
and popes will have its end.
00:50:54.98\00:50:57.12
You see, in these last days,
00:50:57.15\00:50:59.15
one of the things that
is touched on in Daniel
00:50:59.19\00:51:01.39
but spoken of
clearly in Revelation
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.93
is the idea of which God is God?
00:51:04.96\00:51:08.20
Who do we worship?
00:51:08.23\00:51:10.27
Why do we worship?
00:51:10.33\00:51:12.30
Where do we worship?
00:51:12.33\00:51:14.47
When do we worship?
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.60
All of these
questions will soon be answered
00:51:16.67\00:51:19.97
when our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ comes.
00:51:20.04\00:51:23.31
But we must answer
these questions for ourselves
00:51:23.35\00:51:26.61
before the Lord comes.
00:51:26.68\00:51:28.72
We must make our
calling and election sure.
00:51:28.75\00:51:32.32
We must
decide... who is our God.
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.59
Who we will worship.
00:51:34.62\00:51:36.52
When we will worship.
00:51:36.56\00:51:38.49
Why we will worship
00:51:38.53\00:51:40.40
and how we will worship.
00:51:40.46\00:51:42.83
God is asking His
people to make those decisions
00:51:42.86\00:51:46.43
and that's why a book
like the book of Daniel
00:51:46.47\00:51:49.64
and a chapter like
chapter 11 is so important
00:51:49.67\00:51:52.77
because it gives us a view
of life and this earth's history
00:51:52.81\00:51:59.38
and the interplay
between God and man
00:51:59.41\00:52:02.08
over the centuries
00:52:02.15\00:52:03.82
and orients us in such a way
that we can know how to live,
00:52:03.89\00:52:08.46
how to serve... what's coming...
00:52:08.49\00:52:10.93
what has gone before
00:52:10.96\00:52:12.56
and how near we are
to the second coming
00:52:12.59\00:52:15.50
of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:15.53\00:52:18.40
Kingdoms come and kingdoms
go, men come and men go,
00:52:18.47\00:52:24.27
but God remains the same forever
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.24
and His Kingdom
will be without end...
00:52:27.34\00:52:30.35
that day is
coming so very, very soon
00:52:30.41\00:52:33.38
and I'm sure as I stand
and look at the Word of God
00:52:33.42\00:52:38.69
that you along with me
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.52
want to be with our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:41.56\00:52:44.33
The time is not far hence.
00:52:44.36\00:52:46.86
Christ will come soon...
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.26
He will stand and
make His kingdom sure
00:52:49.30\00:52:53.27
and by the grace of God
00:52:53.30\00:52:54.87
we shall be with our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:54.90\00:52:58.57
So, that's Daniel chapter
11... a wonderful chapter...
00:52:58.61\00:53:02.34
a complex chapter...
00:53:02.38\00:53:03.88
but one that gives us a
view of what God has done...
00:53:03.95\00:53:09.15
of what God is doing...
00:53:09.18\00:53:11.72
and what God is sure to do
00:53:11.75\00:53:14.26
as we come down to the
end of this earth's history.
00:53:14.29\00:53:18.99
May I encourage you to
stay on the Lord's side...
00:53:19.06\00:53:23.73
to pray daily...
00:53:23.77\00:53:25.63
to stand with the Lord daily...
00:53:25.67\00:53:28.90
to make your
calling and election sure...
00:53:28.94\00:53:31.71
to walk with Him daily...
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.94
to give Him your life
00:53:33.98\00:53:36.04
and accept from
Him the Holy Spirit
00:53:36.08\00:53:38.95
which will prepare your
hearts and minds for the day
00:53:38.98\00:53:42.78
when Christ will come again
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.79
and that you be not deceived,
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.72
that you will
walk with Him always
00:53:46.76\00:53:49.92
and that by His
grace when He does come,
00:53:49.99\00:53:53.23
you will be part of
His everlasting Kingdom.
00:53:53.26\00:53:56.46
Pray with me now if you will.
00:53:56.50\00:53:58.43
"Gracious Father, we
thank you and praise you
00:53:58.47\00:54:03.30
for the power and
grace and goodness and glory
00:54:03.41\00:54:08.08
that you have given us.
00:54:08.11\00:54:09.44
Thank you for Daniel chapter 11,
00:54:09.48\00:54:12.25
thank you for
the book of Daniel.
00:54:12.28\00:54:15.38
Thank you Father that
we can know of a surety
00:54:15.45\00:54:19.49
that Christ is coming soon
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.42
but more than that,
00:54:21.46\00:54:23.12
we can know of a surety
that you will be the victor.
00:54:23.16\00:54:28.56
We can know by the
power of your Spirit
00:54:28.60\00:54:32.73
that Jesus is coming soon
00:54:32.77\00:54:35.67
and that we can be
part of that glorious day
00:54:35.70\00:54:39.47
and that glorious company.
00:54:39.51\00:54:41.81
We see now, Lord,
the interplay of men
00:54:41.84\00:54:46.92
and women and kingdoms
00:54:46.98\00:54:49.42
and kings... and
spiritual entities.
00:54:49.45\00:54:52.62
We know that God sets
up and God takes down,
00:54:52.65\00:54:58.29
that God rules and overrules
in the affairs of men and women
00:54:58.33\00:55:04.33
and as we've
looked at the machinations
00:55:04.40\00:55:08.67
of the King of the North
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.04
and the King of the South
00:55:10.11\00:55:11.44
and the things
that they have done,
00:55:11.47\00:55:13.68
as we look at the
rise and fall of Empires...
00:55:13.71\00:55:17.35
of kings... and
the glory thereof,
00:55:17.38\00:55:21.12
we know that every
king and every knee
00:55:21.15\00:55:25.02
and this old world
must one day give way
00:55:25.05\00:55:28.89
to a kingdom
that shall have no end
00:55:28.92\00:55:32.26
and a King who
is above all kings.
00:55:32.33\00:55:35.53
On that day, Lord,
00:55:35.56\00:55:37.80
may we be part of that number...
00:55:37.83\00:55:40.20
that company that hails
you as Lord and eternal King,
00:55:40.24\00:55:47.34
we want to be saved...
00:55:47.38\00:55:49.41
we've looked at
the record of the past,
00:55:49.44\00:55:52.38
we look at our lives now
00:55:52.45\00:55:54.58
and we look at
what is sure to come
00:55:54.62\00:55:57.69
and we ask dear Father
that you may be pleased
00:55:57.72\00:56:02.59
to grant us
entrance into your kingdom...
00:56:02.62\00:56:05.66
to be saved along with
the saints of all ages...
00:56:05.69\00:56:09.43
to be sons and
daughters of Jesus Christ
00:56:09.46\00:56:12.50
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity,
00:56:12.53\00:56:15.54
this is our prayer...
00:56:15.57\00:56:17.97
this is our desire...
00:56:18.01\00:56:20.31
this is our pledge to you...
00:56:20.38\00:56:23.21
and we praise you and thank you
00:56:23.28\00:56:26.08
in the worthy name of
Jesus, amen and amen. "
00:56:26.11\00:56:32.42
We'll see you next time...
00:56:32.45\00:56:34.59
we've got two more
chapters to look at,
00:56:34.62\00:56:38.36
we're going to combine them...
chapter 10 and chapter 12.
00:56:38.43\00:56:42.40
Chapter 10 is
preparatory for chapter 11...
00:56:42.46\00:56:45.93
and then chapter
12 is the epilogue
00:56:45.97\00:56:49.34
of this very, very fine book,
00:56:49.40\00:56:52.61
so we're going to
combine those two...
00:56:52.64\00:56:54.28
ten and twelve...
00:56:54.31\00:56:55.64
in a wonderful display
of the goodness of our Lord.
00:56:55.68\00:56:59.48
Daniel All
Access... stay tuned...
00:56:59.51\00:57:02.38
we'll see you again soon...
00:57:02.45\00:57:04.89
chapters 10 and chapter 12...
00:57:04.92\00:57:07.82
the title: Touched by an Angel.
00:57:07.89\00:57:10.46
God bless you,
we'll see you then.
00:57:10.49\00:57:12.93